Gambling in Gaming - PlayStation 4 (PS4) Forum

Shellcore · 2017-09-22T07:54:51+00:00

Yesterday, I watched a thought provoking video on the gaming industry and it's use of gambling to further monetise their products. Plenty of youtubers have pointed out the links between the dopamine hit of slot machines and loot boxes, but this one really kind of hit home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7c5f0LfAzk Pretty Good Gaming It kind of made me feel a little sick, as I look at all of these Triple A games coming out like Shadow of War and NBA2k18 and these are indeed full priced titles with microtransactions. Even worse, people are expected to buy things before knowing what they are getting (looking at you Overwatch). It's mad and the fact that kids can get in on the gambling action is just darn right wrong. Why aren't games media pointing this out. Why are casinos and online betting apps so heavily monitored, but games aren't. Am I alone in this? I hope that Pushsquare make an article to get ahead of the curve. This will reach the mainstream press at some point, and some stiff questions will be coming the developers way.

Topic: Gambling in Gaming

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kyleforrester87
Mon 25th Sep 2017

Weird thread :')

kyleforrester87

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Tasuki
Mon 25th Sep 2017

@kyleforrester87 I agree.

I think we have all said our piece and some see harm in it and some don't. Point is all we are doing is going in circles here so before this thread totally gets out of hand, I will end it here.

Thanks for understanding.

RetiredPush Square Moderator and all around retro gamer.

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